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Anthospermum pumilum

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Name

Identification
Anthospermum pumilum Sond. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Anthospermum rigidum Eckl.&Zeyh. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Anthospermum ciliare
  • Anthospermum pumilum
  • Anthospermum ecklonis
  • Anthospermum rigidum
  • Anthospermum spicatum

Flora

Entry for ANTHOSPERMUM pumilum Sond. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
ANTHOSPERMUM pumilum Sond. [family RUBIACEAE]
Information
perennial; stems numerous, erect, simple minutely downy; leaves opposite, erect, linear-lanceolate, bluntish, ciliolate-scabrous on the revolute margins; stipules simple; flowers hermaphrodite, tetrandrous, axillary, solitary or geminate; anthers oblong; fruit obcordate; mericarps convex at the back, glabrous, shining. 3–4 inches high, with the habit of A. Æthiopicum. Leaves 2–3 lines long, aggregate, convex above by the revolute margins. Flowers small; calyx 5-toothed, equal. Fruit 1 line long; mericarps crowned by the minute or rudimentary calyx-teeth.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Caledon River, Zeyher. Jan. (Herb. Sd.)

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